Can anyone suggest a safe method to build elevation in certain areas of an el natural tank? I've had great success combining the Walstad method with Amano-style scapes, but what I haven't cracked is how to achieve the elevation he did--mimicking rolling hills for instance--without risking an...

Welp, it's been 23 days since I set up my 50 gal. After the initial planting, there was quite a bit of melting and die off, but alas, things are starting to look up. All the plants except the crypts and java ferns are starting to show new growth (the latter aren't showing any dying off either)...

So I have some snails in my tank... not a huge problem and there aren't any fish in it yet except for the fry that mysteriously appeared. I'm wondering what are some snail-eating fish people have kept in an El Natural tank? I love kuhli loaches, but they dig a lot and clown loaches get too big...

I've been experimenting with a ten gallon Chinese porcelain bowl as a suitable aquarium over the years. I'd had pretty good success using a Fluval cannister set up and a couple of sprigs of anubias barteri The bowl gets about an hour of direct sunlight a day. Things were fine until I started...

So I have been doing a LOT of research lately because I have a east facing window in my bedroom which means I can make a tank that’s as ugly and naturalistic as I want it to be. So why shouldn’t I do a coldwater el natural microfauna blackwater aquarium which would be based on the pantanal and...